Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1887-02-11

Let us all resolve to make raise this
year.
The price of hay fuctuates with the
weather.
The singing class numbers twenty
nine members.
Washington's birthday falls on Feb
%, this year, as usual.
Ice for the new brewery is being
hauled from the lake.
Miss Eta Williams is fully recovered
and able to be about the house.
The same depth of snow fell on the
Clearwater bottoms as on the prairie.
Jas g. Silvers, formerly of these parts,
has removed from Santa Rosa to East
Los Vegas, N. M.
Washington and northern Idaho may
be admitted this session through the
passage OF an enabling act.
We take county warrants, fence-rails,
wood and wheat in payment for the
paper. Also coin or currency.
Now is a good time to buy lot in
Grangeville. The town will nearly
double itself in size this summer.
Reagan. of Texas, and Turpie, of Ind
lana, both democrats, are the newly
elected senators from those states.
The genial DR.. Wade was over from
Cottonwood yesterday and reports the
health of his family as improving.
Cold ink, cold roller, cold type. cold
stone, cold press and cold weather is
our excuse for badly printed papers.
Our legislature has been wrangling
over the proposed division of Alturas
county, hence the scarcity of legisla-
tive news.
Water your stock at least twice day
There is nourishment in water and they
take on fat. Feed regular and your
stock will thrive.
Hamfat, of the Moscow Mirror hasn't
heard that the election is over and is
still Safeguarding honest John HALEY.
The nickel that bought him was poorly
invested.
Elder Chase was in town Wednesday
for the first time since the late shooting
scrape With the exception of little
lameness in the injured arm he is al
right again.
The editor is running this sanctuary
OF ink and antimony single handed il
these dull times and will be thankful
for any items of eighborhood news the
boys will bring us.
Frank Bruegemon, who is building
the catholie church at Cottonwood, wat
over from the west side Saturday anC
said the church would be finished soon
as the carpenters work is about done.
A mail arrived Fri-ay forenoon with
Thursdays through mail, and Saturday
another stage brought all the delayed
matter that had accumulated during the
blockade. Regular mails may now be
expected.
The bright sunshiny days were {
blessing to the people who were house
bound during the disagreeable windy
weather, and they seem to appreciate
it, as the streets are lively with mum
berless sleighing rigs.
Noah Bonebrake and T. F. Sens, o
Grangeville, Tom Dempster, of Clear
water, and Frank Bruegemon, of Cot
tonwood, are the latest additions to tn,
subscription list of Idaho county's fay
orite Sunday school paper.
George Christie froze four toes on hi
: last trip out from Pierce city to Lew
iston with the Orc Fino express. Ill
: was out in the storm all night, lost fou
horses and was serenaded by Who'll
brass band of musically inclined wolves
What Camas prairie needs and mus
have is good race-track close to town
There is suitable piece of ground nea
by that will fill the bill, and step
should be taken during the summer t
break it and have a fall meeting fo
the sport loving fraternity.
No, she does not live on dew,
And her brows not lily white,
And her hair is not the hue
a OF the suns eye-dimming light.
e NO, her teeth are not like pearl,
And her mouth is not rose;
In fact she's the 'ornery sort OF girl
= Nature generally grows.
The supreme court of Washingto
: territory, with only one dissentln
! Judge, haye declared the woman sui
: rage law unconstitutional. Friends
the cause will now exert themselvt
more than ever to secure an amend
ment TO the U. S. constitution.
It The Warrens mail arrived out la
e Monday afternoon, two days behir
a time, owing to snow slides having wips
r, out the trail up the Salmon river ca